Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worst.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
(pl. ) of Uncertainty
I think I look good out there. I'm strong powerful and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.
The successful man is he who when he sees that no further certainty is attainable promptly decides on the most probable side as if he were completely sure it was right.
We sail within a vast sphere ever drifting in uncertainty driven from end to end.
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.
If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.
Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing.
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.
I said here's the river I want to flow on here's the direction I want to go and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.
Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and make our plans with confidence.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
All business proceeds on beliefs or judgment of probabilities and not on certainties.
Throughout this life you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
To be ambitious for wealth and yet always expecting to be poor to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west. There is no philosophy whi...